Show Serving Utah’s Great Pahvant Valley Dalti Utah $1500 In eounty$1800 out ol county 6 months $800 and $900 (In Advance) USPS Copy 50c Vol 77 No 25 Dec 25 1986 IPP workers vote to join union 200 — 179 Courtesy Deseret News In a reversal of a vote a year ago workers at the Intermountain Power Service Corporation (IPSC) near Delta voted this week to go union The operators maintenance and clerical employees selected the International Brotherhood of electrical Workers to represent them although management and union have five working days to challenge the election before the union will be officially certified “It sort of makes you feel like a failure in one respect” said Reece D Nielsen chairman of the Intermountain Power Agency which owns IPP He said that as IPP was being built PA officials had touted the project as an example of how union and nonunion construction workers could work together harmoniously on a big job And he said IPA officials had hoped that a plant atmosphere working conditions and benefits could be created that would persuade the plant’s permanent workers they didn’t need a union A year ago about 57 percent of those workers voted against unionizing “There must be some feeling of discontent that has caused them to vote for the union” Nielsen said The plant is managed by IPSC a corporation with a board of directors consisting of four people from the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power and two from IPA Los Angeles is the IPP construction manager operating agent and largest participant Gale Chapman president and chief operating officer of IPSC said he has worked with unions before and is not devastated by the employees’ vote He said the work force isn’t generally unhappy but “some folks were a tle bit impatient” for faster improvement than they were seeing in perceived problem areas Employees have complained about inconsistent application of policies Chapman said supervisors have done an excellent job in general although there have been some problems He attributed the dil ficulties largely to the fact that IPSC is a new company that has had to put together its own working relationships and rules at the same time it was building a new power plant and training an entire work force Given that kind of pressure some consistency was to be expected Chapman said he started a management training program three months ago but it fell by the wayside because managers were busy doing technical training "We've hired and provided technical training to more than 219 people off the street” Fred J Allen an international representative of 1BFW' said the difference between last year’s vote and this year’s was the passage of one year "The company’s theme last time was ‘Hey we’re a new company Give us a year” He said one of the employees’ main desires was a grievance and arbitration for relief from wrong procedure management decisions i think they had been getting a lot of the wrong people promoted and this type of thing” Asked if the vote to organize IPP came as a surprise in light of the survival problems some unions in other in dustries are having he said no “In a lot of industries this is true but the utility industry is roughly 95 percent organized” he said Nielsen said he can’t fault the work of the employees or the managers Since the plant’s first generating unit went on line June 10 20 days ahead of schedule plant availability has been over 90 percent a level unheard of startup he said “So we can’t knock management we can’t knock the employees because they’ve done a tremendous job In lad they’ve done much better than we anticipated Belvelopers push for new Millard County beryllium production The market for beryllium is slumping but that has not discouraged Dick Moody of Sutherland from pushing forward with plans to develop a beryllium mining operation north of Delta is chairman of Emery Moody Energy whose name was officially changed to Beryllium International Corp at an annual meeting last week The company holds 393 unpatented mining claims containing over 7000 acres of ' pFSpertJ "aB6tif 40 "mile's" northwest of Delta The properties are near those the free operated by BrushWellman world’s primary producer of beryllium and employer of about 100 people Some of Emery’s leases were once held by BrushWellman but that company turned them back over to Mr Moody about 10 years ago Mr Moody became president and chief executive officer of Emery in 1985 in when the company acquired change for stock Moody Beryllium Corp which held the mining claims The company’s management told the shareholders at last week’s meeting that its properties contain beryllium mineralization and could eventually be placed into commercial production according to a report in the Salt Lake Tribune The Tribune said Emery whose stock was taken off the NASDAQ system earlier this year because of a “deficiency in capital and surplus” is counting on a deal with Spokane’s Cominco American Inc to put it into the beryllium business The company is presently negotiating Yjoint venture agreement with Coma subsidiary of inco American Canada’s Cominco Ltd to evaluate to Mr the properties according Moody the Tribune said But it many be a while if ever sees its first before the company beryllium production on a commercial scale Gerald M Park Beryllium International vice president said 1987 will see intensive ore Cominco conducting reserve and market studies Contacted by the Tribune Friday in Cominco Erden Yuksel Spokane American’s manager of mines development said Cominco will over the next several years be evaluating the proper Jr Early Deadline Livestock Show beef tag deadline The tag deadline lot beef enteiing ivcstock the 1987 Millard County lr Show is January 5 1987 at 5:00 pm Contact the USU Extension Office in illmore or Delta for tag applications Don't miss the deadline! ties and the beryllium market to determine whether the industry is attractive enough for it to enter The management of Beryllium International was optimistic about the potential of the beryllium market and said US Bureau of Mines’ figures dicate the market has been growing on average 5 to 10 percent per year since the late 1970s But according to the Tribune the US Bureau of Mines indicated Jast week - ’which is that’ demand for berylliumoil exploration and ed in computers geophysical equipment declined about 15 percent in 1985 from a 1984 peak usage year And it projects the demand in 1986 once final figures are in will be little changed from the previous year However the bureau is also projecting the beryllium demand will crease on average four percent annually through the year 2000 A bureau official noted the beryllium industry is caught between a growing awareness of its product’s potential and a decline in the economics of the industries which use the exotic metal Grants awarded to Millard County arts group Fillmore City Building and Library Dedication Wednesday January 7 1987 will date in the become an important history of the community of Fillmore At 5 pm the dedication of the new ty building and library will take place This program will be held in the library which is on the west side of the new building As everyone probably knows by now this new building was formerly the hospital in Fillmore located at 75 West Center Street Elder Vaughn G Featherstone President of the Utah South Area of the Church of Jesus Christ of Saints will be the guest speaker as well as offer the dedicatory prayer Others on the program will be a local ladies’ singing group and children entertainment group as well as remarks from Mayor Keith Gillins and a few other citizens The program is planned to last from 45 minutes to hour After the dedication program an open house will be conducted along with refreshments A souvenir booklet and program agenda will be available to the public for a cost of SI 00 Everyone is cordially invited and encouraged to attend this special evening THE CHILDREN at the Early Childhood Intervention Center in Delta are eagerly and excitedly opening the large gifts that have sat under their tree this past week These gifts were donated to the center by kids with developthe Richfield Lady Elks in recognition of this special program which aids ment problems before they get to kindergarten The center is served under a grant from The Division of Services to the Handicapped in association with Snow College “If you have a child that requires special needs we are here to serve the Millard County area" said Delta supervisor Edith Allred For information call Lyndon Callister or Kirk Reed at Social Services Edith Allred 3 or Sandra Cutshall Last week the children at the center also exchanged Hrhntbrr and presented a short Christmas program for their parents Old dumps get the With New Year’s Day falling on Thursday the Chronicle Progress will go to press Monday instead of Tuesail articles adverday Therefore tisements announcements etc MUST be in by 5 pm on Friday December 26 Anything received after that time will be held to the following week L TO R: Mayor Keith L Gillins Mr Homer Horton of Dell Ashworth and Associates project architects Mr Ray Sume project engineer and Mr Steve Atkin of Atkin Construction Do project contractors Early Childhood Intervention Center focus of charitable contributions is Half of a dozen open dump sites in Millard County have been eovered as officials complete the second phase of a solid waste control master plan The first part of the plan was accomplished last summer with the opening of the new Sanitary Landfill sites Closing and covering the old open dump sites the second part of the plan is nearly half done according to Millard County Administrator Robyn Pearson Bids were let toDclyle Carling of heave-h- o Fillmore for the covering of Oak City Leamington and Fillmore Lynndyl dumps Duane Galli of Hinckley won the bid for closing the Hinckley dump “We are pleased with these projects In some cases like Hinckley that were so bad the sites have been impressivesaid ly improved" Mr Pearson Bids on covering dumps in Seipio Meadow and Kanosh will soon be let Delta City is working on a plan to allow a private firm to bury its old dump under tailings from a mineral processing project And covering of a scattered mess of a dump in the Deset etOasis area is vet to be resolved because most of it lies on private property “We are optimistic with the progress on this dump closing pioject and hope to complete it next year with little or no extra cost to the taxpayers ’’ Mr Pearson said T unds from a state grant have covered the dump burying expenses The Utah Arts Council has awarded a grant to a Delta arts group to help stage a community theater production The Council awarded a $ 500 grant to the West Millard Cultural Council for a community theater production of "Guys and Dolls” to be staged in the Delta High School Auditorium June 1987 a division of the Utah and Community December Economic Development 12th awarded a total of S65895 to 49 arts organizations throughout the state UAC proIn fiscal years grams and arts events sponsored by the council’s grantees served a total audience of 331 million people The ratio funds received by of UAC grantees was 73 to The Council awards grants annualwith the ly requirement that grants are matched on a cash basis by recipients in the The grants are awarded categories of Community Arts Development Community Arts Council Challenge Grants and for Technical Assistance The Council Department of ONCE AGAIN this year the Blue Notes performed a beautiful charity concert at the Delta High School signing everyone's favorites Over $400 was raised at the door in addition to another $600 from a special program drawing for the Sub for Santa list of donors groyvs The list of contributors to the West effort continues Millard to grow with several special donations Committee member Inez Moody said that special thanks go to the Hinckley Service Stations for a generous donations of Cabbage Patch Dolls and toy trucks Other notable help comes from the Plaza Bowling and Plaza Twin theaters for the donation of free pav' Also the American lcgion has volunteered to take two families from the committee’s list and completely provide for them The headquarters set up in the rear of the old Delta Mini Mall has been donated by Hal Terry who has suggested they name the place “Donation Station" Mrs Moody said special thanks goes to Art Jeffery and his three stores: OualitvThrifiway QualityBen Franklin and QualityAce Flardware for discounts on items being purchased by the committee for needy families and for outright donations of toys and food stuffs The committees cash reserves have grown to S2400 and at last count 54 familes will be helped during this holiday season t |